Apparatus for sponging cloth



(No Model.)

G.KRAFT. APPARATUS FOR SPONGING CLOTH.

No. 443,325. Patented Dec. 23', 1890.

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GEORGE KRAFT, OF \VILMINGTON, DELAIVARE.

APPARATUS FQR SPONGING CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lT-atent No. 443,325, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed February 8, 1890, Serial No. 339,715. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE KRAFT, a citi zen of the United States, residing at filmington, in the county of New Castle and State of Delaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Sponging Cloth; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to finishing cloth, and particularly to sponging.

The object of the invention is to produce a device whereby the necessary dampening of cloth previous to cutting may be accomplished more rapidly and cheaply than has heretofore been possible, and whereby the cloth may be more thoroughly dampened than by the method ordinarily at present practiced.

IVith this object in view the invention consists in a perforated cylinder of a length corresponding to the width of the cloth to be sponged, the cylinder being provided at each end with projections, one of which is provided, with an open end and the other with an outlet-cock, and a boiler provided with an upwardly-extending contracted projection, the perforated cylinder being designed to restvertically with the projection from the boiler entering the open end of the projection of the cylinder.

I have illustrated the invention in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure represents a side elevation of the device.

The embodiment of my invention now illustrated and here described is designed particularly for use by merchant-tailors who have occasion to sponge but a small quantity of cloth at a time. In order to render this device convenient and adapted for this purpose, I arrange upon a coal-oil or gas stove or other suitable heater a vessel A, designed tobe partially filled with water. The upper portion of this vessel is provided with a neck or outlet a, through which when the water in the vessel becomes heated the steam generated is allowed to pass. The upper end of the neck a is provided with a reduced portion a, over which fits the neck I? of the cylinder 13, which neck communicates with and forms a passage into the interior of the cylinder, the

inclined face of the neck ct aiding to form a tight joint as the neck I) is pressed down upon it. The cylinder B is provided at its upper end with a handle or projection Z) for use in carrying the cylinder, and also for resting it when su'fficient steam has been introduced and it is desired to allow the steam to escape from the interior of the cylinder. The top of the cylinder is also provided with a cock 19 to be opened when an excess of steam is contained in the cylinder.

In the use of the device a suitable quantity of cloth is wound about the cylinder, and in the practical use of the device I find that the best results are obtained when about twenty yards of cloth are treated at a time. IVheu the cloth is wound about the cylinder, the latter is placed over the steam-generator with the neck I) inclosing the neck ct of the vessel containing water, and the water-reservoir is placed over a fire, or a fire lighted beneath it.

As steam is generated in the vessel A, it

rises through the neck a into the interior of the cylinder and escapes therefrom through the openings in the surface and thoroughly permeates through the cloth. The perforations are arranged as close together as possible consistent with the necessary strength of the cylinder, and thus the uniform dampening of the cloth is insured. As soon as steam thoroughly penetrates the cloth, the cylinder, with the cloth still wound upon it, is removed from the vessel containing the water and rested upon the end I) and the steam allowed to escape.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A device for sponging cloth, consisting in a vessel provided with the upwardly-extending tapering portion and with an outlet-cock, and the perforated cylinder provided at one end with an open-ended projection receiving the tapering portion from the vessel and at the other end with a projection serving as a handie.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE KRAFT. Vitnesses:

DAVID II. MEAD, F. B. KEEFER. 

